(tar)Listing Archive Members

Extracting Archive Members

Removing Archive Members

Basic tar Operations

Listing Archive Members
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   The `--list' (`-t') option will list the names of members of the
archive.  Name the members to be listed on the command line (to modify
the way these names are interpreted,
FIXME: pxref Specifying Names to
tar
   ).  If you name no members, then `--list' (`-t') will list the names
of all the members of the archive.

   To see more than just the names of the members, use the `--verbose'
(`-v') option to cause `tar' to print out a listing similar to that of
`ls -l'.

   Listing the Contents of an Archive

   `--list' (`-t') prints a list of the file names of the archive
members on the standard output.  If you specify FILE NAME arguments on
the command line (or using the `--files-from=FILE-OF-NAMES' (`-T
FILE-OF-NAMES') option,

FIXME: pxref File Name Lists
   ), only the files you specify will be listed, and only if they exist
in the archive.  Files not specified will be ignored, unless they are
under a specific directory.

   If you include the `--verbose' (`-v') option, `tar' prints an `ls
-l' type listing for the archive.
FIXME: pxref Additional
Information
   , for a description of the `--verbose' (`-v') option.

   If the blocking factor of the archive differs from the default,
`tar' reports this.
FIXME: xref Blocking Factor
   .

FIXME: xref Archive Reading Options
   for a list of options which can be used to modify `--list' (`-t')'s
operation.

   This example prints a list of the archive members of the archive
`stooges':

     tar --list --file=stooges

`tar' responds:

     larry
     moe
     shemp
     marx/julius
     marx/alexander
     marx/karl

   This example generates a verbose list of the archive members of the
archive file `dwarves', which has a blocking factor of two:

     tar --list -v --file=blocks

`tar' responds:

     tar: Blocksize = 2 records
     -rw------- ringo/user 42 May   1 13:29 1990 .bashful
     -rw-rw-rw- ringo/user 42 Oct   4 13:29 1990 doc
     -rw-rw-rw- ringo/user 42 Jul  20 18:01 1969 dopey
     -rw-rw---- ringo/user 42 Nov  26 13:42 1963 grumpy
     -rw-rw-rw- ringo/user 42 May   5 13:29 1990 happy
     -rw-rw-rw- ringo/user 42 May   1 12:00 1868 sleepy
     -rw-rw-rw- ringo/user 42 Jul   4 17:29 1776 sneezy